Woman tells Nottingham Crown Court rape trial she awoke to find Southwell man having sex with her
A woman has told a court how she woke after a night out to find a man she had innocently shared a bed with having sex with her.
The woman told Nottingham Crown Court that both had been drinking and had shared a bed because it was not possible for him to go home and there were no spare bedrooms in the house.
She had worn a pyjama top and shorts to bed.
She said that she woke up dazed and confused, momentarily thinking it was her boyfriend having sex with her, but then realising it was James Worsley, who is on trial accused of rape.
She said: "What the hell did he do? This is so weird. I was very confused as to what was happening when I woke up. I froze."
She claimed she slipped out from underneath him and went to the bathroom where she spent around 20 minutes, wondering if it had been a dream and really happened.
She said she found blood and soreness and realised that it had happened.
She said she was tired and still affected by alcohol and, not thinking clearly, so she went back into the bedroom where she said he was lying in bed with his arms behind his head and, smiling, he asked if she was all right.
She said, not knowing what to do, she went back to bed and wrapped herself tightly in a blanket, not wanting to explain to other people in the house what had taken place.
The man left in the morning and the woman said that she had been too upset and embarrassed to report it at the time. But she did message a friend on social media and told them.
Under cross-examination, the woman admitted to having contact with the man since, but she said she had ensured they were never alone.
She denied assertions by the defence legal team there had been no sex whatsoever, but did admit there were points of the night that she couldn't remember, such as getting home.
However, the woman was adamant that what she could remember was correct and the truth.
"It definitely happened, it wasn't a dream," she said.
James Worsley, 23, of Westhorpe, Southwell, denies rape.
In a police statement, he denied more than saying hello to the complainant at a pub, and also denied going back to her house.
He also said he did not understand what the word consent meant.
The trial continues.
It is a criminal offence for anyone to identify a victim, or alleged, victim, in a sexual offences case.